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Perspectivity has been selected to develop a serious game on the hydrogen economy! The question comes from TKI Nieuw Gas, a programme from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) that supports innovation projects […]

With Boundaries of National Security as the theme for the 12th Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), Perspectivity’s custom made National Security Edition of the Game was a perfect addition to the conference’s […]

The energy remained high all day at the Centre for Entrepreneurship as Perspectivity’s Dharmesh Mistry hosted 3 sessions of its Climate Challenge for over 65 members of Ashoka University in Sonepat, Haryana, India on the […]

Through a collaboration with the 100 Resilient Cities Network, game players can start playing the Nexus Challenge in the Japanese and Mandarin Chinese language. We are very excited about this addition and are looking forward to […]

Perspectivity’s Jaspreet shares his experiences facilitating the Stress Nexus Challenge: “Perspectivity had the opportunity of facilitating the Stress Nexus! Challenge at Interpore 2018 in New Orleans, USA. Interpore is the annual global conference for Porous […]

Migration is one of the three main security concerns of European citizens, besides terrorism and extremism. Across Europe, populist politicians are polarizing societies and spreading fear among citizens. Tensions between the EU countries are rising. […]

Come play the Stress Nexus Challenge and Food Challenge with us! Stress Nexus How do you handle the pressure on scarce resources and energy? The population of the world is growing. On average, people live […]

Friday 9th of March, 15 participants enjoyed the Train-the-Trainer for the Stress Nexus! challenge – dealing with the interconnected challenges at the nexus of energy, water and food – or the Public Health challenge – dealing with the […]

“This game is the best game I ever played. Because you see how people really are when they have to win a game.” In February, Perspectivity hosted the Climate Challenge at Hogeschool Utrecht for over […]

Perspectivity cordially invites all game players to join the upcoming Train-the-Trainer session to learn how to facilitate the Stress Nexus! Challenge and the Public Health Challenge. Do you recall the last Perspectivity Challenge you played? […]

The Perspectivity Challenges now have their own website, visit theperspectivitychallenge.org to check it out. This website contains more detailed information about the individual challenges (Climate, Food, Decision-Making, Human Security, National Security, Public Health and Stress! Nexus) and […]

On the 22nd of November Perspectivity hosted another Open Game session. Three full tables were filled playing the Stress Nexus! Challenge and the Public Health Challenge. The event took place at the Utrecht Community for […]

The population of the world is growing. People on average live longer. This is causing increased pressure on available resources. Water is becoming a scarce commodity in many locations across the globe. There is not […]

There is more attention for the affordability of our health care system. Budgets are decreasing and the pressure on people and resources is going up. Who pays for the investments in health care in the […]

On September 29th, 12 public health professionals from around the globe experienced the Perspectivity Public Health Challenge at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Our challenge featured in the School’s executive health leadership programme. […]

The Nexus! Challenge is a serious board game where players face the interconnected challenges of energy, water and food. Players step into the shoes of a company, looking to develop their market, or a country, […]

3 Million refugees in Twengea that Miristan and Praland refused to host, a late in the game reforestation project in Praland, and a robust collaboration between industry and government in Praland. These are just three […]

On Thursday June 29 Perspectivity organises a Train the Trainer session to facilitate the Perspectivity Challenge. The training offers Perspectivity game leaders and experienced facilitators the opportunity to facilitate new challenges. You can register for either the […]

We have organized 100+ Perspectivity Challenges in the last five years. In this period our Challenges were booked mostly as a standalone workshops. We see numerous recurring clients, which is a great indicator for the […]

It was a fabulous Spring day when a group of twenty open minded people gathered at Spring House in Amsterdam to try a Perspectivity Challenge. Some participants had heard of the climate game, others came […]

The Model United Nations is an international organisation giving students an opportunity to develop dialogue skills through discussion, negotiation and debate centred around improving solutions for our global community. Perspectivity has been invited to create […]

By Yeming Rouw (The Spindle) On the 3rd of November, The Spindle hosted a lively kick-off event for the first ever Spindle Cycle: a four month cycle to boost ideas and innovations and to strengthen […]

Summary – Next Nexus! Session, 20 May 2016 Perspectivity has entered into a partnership with the Luc Hoffmann Institute, an independent research hub that works in partnership with the WWF, to accelerate research impact on […]

Michiel Damoiseaux and Herman van der Meyden went to Nijenrode business school at October 6th for a Nexus! training. Nijenrode will use Nexus! as part of an executive education program this fall, during a module […]

The Perspectivity Public Health Challenge returned to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in May, a year after its inaugural launch. The Challenge is now a core part of the Masters of Public […]

Professionals involved in facilitating and coaching rural innovation from all over the world come to Wageningen to follow the ICRA ‘Facing Rural Innovation Challenges’ course. Part of this course focuses on facilitation and negotiation in […]

20 of the best and brightest graduate students in the Netherlands gathered at the Rijswijk offices at Tuesday 3rd May for a Shell in-house day. They are participating in the Best Graduate Game, organised by […]

March 2016 saw the latest Public Health game challenge being played in Stourbridge, UK (the home of glass making). The 5 hour return train journey from London was worthwhile! Almost 50 General Practice doctor trainees […]

The Perspectivity Nexus! challenge has so far been used with great success in three Resilience Garages that are organized to bring stakeholders together to improve the resilience of their cities. The Nexus! sessions took place […]

The Public Health Challenge was showcased to 14 players in Utrecht in late March. Many players had connections to the health sector and work in NGO’s, local government and a couple work in the field […]

Last month 65 students aged 14-15 years from the British School in The Netherlands rose to the challenge and played the Climate Challenge. It was part of their Life Skills course which includes a topic […]

9 o’ clock, mondaymorning. The lecture room slowly filled with 60 just-out-of-bed students. The start of a new semester, what to expect? And then… Action time: they were flooded with information on the Perspectivity Challenge […]

The Young Shell crowd was most certainly impacted by both the game and the debrief session. Their discussions continued into Thursday night and through to lunch on Friday, and certainly will continue to ripple on. […]

We would like to invite you to experience the Public Health Challenge March 24 in Utrecht. This newly developed inspiring learning tool allows players to experience the realities of complex decision making to improve public […]

After having started with full-time students from the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht last year, on Thursday night the 7th of January the Perspectivity Challenge was played with part-time students for the first time. About […]

While Planet Climate talks are going on in Paris, future leaders at AkzoNobel are being trained in Sustainability Policy. The Perspectivity Climate Game is the start of the second day of the module on sustainability. […]

In the morning of Saturday 28 November, people started dropping into the Seats2Meet building at Utrecht Central Station. They came to be trained in one of three Perspectivity Challenges that we have developed to let […]

Perspectivity had been invited for the 4th time to conduct a Perspectivity Challenge for the Fifth Asian Forum on Global Governance (AFGG) organised by Observer Research Foundation and ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin in the Hyatt Regency Hotel […]

At Tuesday October 27th, Perspectivity delivered a session of Nexus!, the energy-water-food stress nexus board game, for the University of Maryland at the offices of the World Bank in Washington. A group of water and […]

October 22 we showed the new developed Perspectivity Challenges! The challenge developers presented the new challenges and everybody played in two demo workshops. The event also included an update about recent developments. We will aim […]

At October 28th, Perspectivity will deliver a session of Nexus!, the energy-water-food stress nexus board game, for the University of Maryland at the offices of the World Bank in Washington. Maryland professor Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm asked […]

As part of an institutional thematic week in The Hague, the entire staff of the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy participated in the Perspectivity Challenge, in which they took up the challenge of developing the […]

September 4-6, Festival for the Future took place in Auckland, New Zealand. Young (Social) Entrepreneurs, innovators and idealists were brought together over one weekend to explore the big issues of our time and get inspired […]

This was a long pending game session from Bangalore which couldn’t have been possible without the help of Amnesty International Bangalore. Inspite of an extremely rainy Saturday, 8 participants turned up for the open session. […]

Last October I facilitated a game session at the Sharing Week in Utrecht. Rachael was one of the participants, a New Zealand nurse who moved to the Netherlands. (And now co-developer of the Public Health […]

‘’Shell management firmly believes in the Perspectivity game to help Shell staff reflect on their work and business ethics’’, stated one of the organisers who had invited Felix, Sander and Henk on May 28th to […]

Perspectivity invites you to a special experience in the field of sustainability and cooperation. A game session with a powerful debrief to gain personal experience with the challenges that involve complex social situations. Download the […]

Thursday 7th May 2015 was the day millions of British people headed to the polling booth to vote as part of a complex decision making process; Britain’s leadership. Also on this day 70 Public Health […]

More than thirthy participants in the AKZO Nobel Graduate Development Program played the Perspectivity game. They were hosted by Erik, Freek en Michiel. These young professionals came from all over the world to take a deep […]

In January 2015 Michael Donnelly ran an all-day open game session in Dublin, Ireland with 24 participants. The day was built around the theme: Dealing with Complexity in Post-Recession Ireland. The morning session involved playing the […]

Perspectivity Enterprisers Han Rakels and Michiel Damoiseaux collaborated with the Human Security Collective (HSC) to develop a new Perspectivity Game: the Human Security Edition. HSC is a foundation with a strong background in Development, Conflict […]

On February 3rd, the kick-off of the fully revised course Sustainable Business Management took place at the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. Perspectivity was invited to host the climate game and seventy students in Technical […]

Perspectivity and International Futures Forum (IFF) invite you to a one-day conversational seminar exploring how we can respond creatively to complexity in post recession Ireland. Read the flyer: Complexity in Ireland Seminar

In November 200 managers of the Netherlands Tax Authorities played the Perspectivity Game. In the beautiful scenery of the Railway Museum in Utrecht they played fanatic at 15 tables. Participants all work in the supply […]

Edinburgh University is the location for the latest instalment of the expanding Perspectivity community. In November as part of the Universities Sustainable Economy Week, a group of international students organised a Train the Trainer Session […]

Coffee is everywhere today but some brands stand out strongly. Nespresso has been one of the coffee success stories of recent times and due to its success it is building new production facilities at Romont, […]

Getting to yes! The weekend of 17-19 October VVD international organized a negotiating training with (future) leaders of the Liberal party of Serbia, LDP. Mediation expert Felix Merks and VVD international toptrainer Kamran Ullah gave […]

It is now five years Perspectivity has been running for the International Management at Cumberland Lodge for MSC Students from London School of Economics (LSE) with 40+ students each time. We based the design of […]

Two years ago, Deepali from United Nations University had played the Perspectivity Game at one of the open game sessions in London. By chance, Deepali connected back with Dharmesh to understand if the game would […]

This is the third time Perspectivity was invited for the Asian Forum for Global Governance which is an annual event organized by ORF. AFGG’14 was conducted by ORF in partnership with ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd […]

Perspectivity game played with all teachers of the International School Moshi to start the new school year. Established in 1969 to serve the needs of the expatriate and local communities, the school has grown to […]

Monday June 30 we hosted an open game session in Utrecht. Although the group was relatively small -only 13 players- it was extremely divers. Together we represented seven nationalities: American, Aruban, Bulgarian, Dutch, Lithuanian, Romanian […]

The UK’s second Perspectivity Game Train the Trainer saw 11 people from various backgrounds come together to do some learning on the 7th June. They ranged from an Australian Adaptive Leadership expert to 2 students […]

Thursday June 5th 2014: As part of the IFC ‘Annual Conference on SME Financing’ the Perspectivity Game was played at Dutch development bank FMO in The Hague (Netherlands). After a short introduction by Walter and […]

Politicians and managers face difficult dilemma’s every day. Choosing between sustainable growth or short-term results. Would you like to try to stand in the shoes of a world leader and see if things could be better? […]

Perspectivity Bangalore conducted an open-game session on the 24th of May. The game was played with 7 participants on one board, facilitated by Anubhav Khanduja. It was an interesting session primarily because of the flavor […]

Pieter facilitated the Perspectivity Game with the Cliniclowns – a Dutch foundation that provides clown-services for ill and/or handicapped children. In the context of a larger organisation-wide change process, the game was played by 18 […]

By Pieter van den Wall Bake – On March 20th Perspectivity facilitated the Perspectivity Game for the Student Association for International Relations (SIB) in Groningen. In the historical “Van Swinderen Huys” a group of 30 students gathered. The game was […]

On March 6th more than 200 managers of the Dutch Customs played the Perspectivity Game. The session took place in the congress centre NBC in Nieuwegein and is played under the guidance of 20 gameleaders […]

On March 4, Perspectivity partnered with Social Enterprise Research Center (SERC), a leading research organization in China focusing on local social enterprise research, education and training. Perspectivity hosted an Open Game session with 25 participants. […]

By Dharmesh Mistry – The Perspectivity Game has become a valued part of the London School of Economics (LSE) Retreat at Cumberland Lodge for MSc students of the Department for International Development. Our regular sessions […]

On Friday 21st of February Perspectivity was asked to facilitate a game session at a Foundation that has strong Rotterdam roots and focuses on supporting initiatives of local communities in the city. Every Friday morning […]

Bangalore stormed into the new year with a Perspectivity session on the 15th January. Starting with a welcome Jive, the 17 participants from the organisation played the game on one table, led by Anubhav Khanduja.The […]

At October 16th, Bente Adriaans organized her first open game session at the Vrijstaat in Utrecht. 16 people were curious enough to find out what this Perspectivity Game is all about and played at two […]

On the 21st of October, Esther Foreman from The Social Change Agency will be running a Perspectivity Game at the Hub in Kings Cross (London) for social entrepreneurs. Join her for a night of complexity! […]

On the 16th of October we organize an open game session in the Netherlands, in Utrecht. Anybody who is interested in the Perspectivity Game is welcome to join. As a participant of the Perspectivity Game, […]

Perspectivity was asked to develop a new National Security edition of the Perspectivity Game for the National Security Coordination Secretariat in Singapore. The new game was played with over 200 people at 14 game tables […]

During the National Security Seminar in Singapore, Perspectivity facilitated a game session with the specially made National Security Edition of the Game. The National Security Coordination Secretariat requested this game which was a great success. […]

The Perspectivity Game was played as part of a 2-week training for bankers (central and commercial) from the developing countries. The program consisted of courses on “risk management” and a visit to the City in […]

On 27th of July, the Perspectivity Game was played at the The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Bangalore office. Although, the game was played with only eight participants, the broad variety of backgrounds really shaped the dynamics of […]

Ashridge House is a stately home near London that is now run by a charity that supports learning through educational programmes and a management consultancy. Their mission is to “develop managers’ knowledge, skills, behaviours and […]

Devon County Council’s “Create and Innovate” Programme is about “thinking differently facilitated through experimentation, discovery, play, learning and reflection.” Perspectivity was invited to support this goal and at a time where further significant budget cuts […]

The Generator is a co-work space which offers desk space but more importantly focuses on creating an open culture to foster collaboration between their clients which can lead to surprising innovations, mutual benefit and learning. […]

Students from Exeter returning to College after sitting their AS-Level exams welcomed the opportunity to participate in a learning opportunity with a difference! Even though attending College after exams was not compulsory, 33 students joined […]

Last weekend a Perspectivity Game session took place in Utrecht. A group volunteers played the game, including the new contributors of the Perspectivity Network: Bente Adriaens and Clara Elders. The session was very dynamic and […]

Thursday the 16th of May it was a big day in Arusha. 20 People joined in to play the Perspectivity Game, which was facilitated by Monique Janmaat from Perspectivity Enterprise and Tine Hemelings (independent consultant). […]

Another Open Game Session was held in Bengaluru on 11th May. 13 participants from very diverse backgrounds played the game on two tables with two recently arrived new game boards. It was the first time the […]

Since the autumn of 2012 Tom Hitchman and Dharmesh Mistry have been pursuing some Digital Marketing advice through Tom’s membership of the Social Entrepreneurs Club at PwC’s Centre for Social Impact in London. They are […]

On April 9th 2013, Perspectivity was invited to Singapore to conduct a Perspectivity Game session for 80 participants of the Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers, a yearly conference organized by the Centre of Excellence […]

On February 22nd, we facilitated a Training of Trainers session for John Clements Consultants (JCC) and Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) in the Far Eastern University in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The day commenced with a […]

At February 28th, Perspectivity India hosted a Train-the-Trainer session in Bangalore. 6 people dived into the gaming experience, the theory behind the game and the broader context of what Perspectivity tries to achieve. We welcome […]

On March 9th, Han Verhoeven and Youssef Rahman hosted a Train-the-Trainer session for the Game in what’s become our regular Dutch hangout, Poort van Kleef in Utrecht. Herman ven der Meyden dropped by in the […]

In December 2012 Perspectivity UK played an open game session in Belfast, the first Open Game session in Ireland. The participants came from a diverse background – senior managers in the public sector, the private […]

During the CADER training “Talented followers and leaders” we were happy with the use of the Perspecitivity Game as an integral part of our training. All participants were able to reflect on their behaviour and […]

During the international SHE conference organised and hosted by DSM, Perspectivity was invited to facilitate the Game for 12 tables. At the end of the Game some tables were pleasantly surprised, some were wondering where […]